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Twin Lakes Playhouse opens its summer comedy “The Hallelujah Girls” on June 12, with performances through June 28 at its Mountain Home stage.
The Jones Hope Wooten comedy is set in the fictional town of Eden Falls, Georgia. After a classmate dies, one of five lifelong friends buys an abandoned church and turns it into a day spa. The women begin meeting there every Friday, and a neighbor dubs them the Hallelujah Girls.
The show is directed by Dianne Pankau, with Joanne Helms and Andrea McInnis as assistant directors. It is sponsored by Dauna Powell of Peglar Real Estate Group.
Laura Chandler leads the cast as Sugar Lee Thompkins, the friend who buys the church. The cast also includes Patty Kotlicky as Carlene Travis, Karen McKaig as Crystal Hart, Cindy Young as Nita Mooney, Sue Howe as Mavis Flowers, and Nancy Leone as Bunny Sutherland.
Vance Jones plays Bobby Dwayne Dillahunt, an old high school sweetheart, and Gabe Potter plays Porter Padgett.
Jones compared the show to a Southern stage favorite. “It has very much a Steel Magnolias feel, that friendship and camaraderie through thick and thin,” Jones said. “But it’s a lot more sass.”
A benefit preview on June 11 supports the American Legion Auxiliary. Regular performances run Fridays and Saturdays at 7 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. through June 28.
Tickets are $15 and available at tlpmh.org or by calling the box office at 870-424-0444.
